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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

7/1/1975 - 6/30/1976

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)

Consequentialist Ethical Theories: Conceptual and Logical Problems

FAIN: FA-11112-75

Allan F. Gibbard
Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1015)

To examine consequentialist ethical theories, in particular utilitarianism. Project will examine: 1) problems in the formulation of act utilitarianism and explain concepts of "act", "alternative”, and "consequence; 2) problems of cooperation among rational act utilitarians; 3) logical issues that arise in evaluating consequences; 4) problems common to theories like rule utilitarianism.